A Wet, Soft Shoe in Singin’ in the Rain

On the day Gene Kelly was scheduled to film his now iconic splash-filled Singin’ in the Rain scene, the actor had a temperature of 103°F (39°C). But the story goes that Kelly refused to go home, saying that halting production would waste the massive preparations that had been made (which included mixing water and milk to make the raindrops show up better on film). Kelly convinced the director to allow at least one take — and that was all it took. While some say that’s a movie myth, one thing that remains a fact is this scene’s place in cinema history.